"beat feet" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-beat feet.ogg [Australia] Forms: beats feet [present, singular, third-person], beating feet [participle, present], beat feet [past], beaten feet [participle, past], beat feet [colloquial, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten:beat􂀿colloquial􂁀> feet}} beat feet (third-person singular simple present beats feet, present participle beating feet, simple past beat feet, past participle beaten feet or (colloquial) beat feet)
  1. (idiomatic) To run. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-beat_feet-en-verb-byCbS07S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English predicates: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
  2. (idiomatic) To flee. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-beat_feet-en-verb-KCyqqnf- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English predicates: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

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